Yes. I've wanted to see new actors take on the iconic Trek roles since I saw Batman in 1989 and was introduced to the whole concept of rebooting. And a straight prequel would have suffered the same continuity lockout problems that Enterprise did.

Absolutely. It was old and sagging under its own weight. A reboot gives the chance to tell new stories with familiar names without having to worry about all the stuff people like us tend to worry about.

Personally, I would have much rather have had Abrams and Co. just call this relaunch of the franchise a flat-out re-boot without jumping through the hoops of having Nero change the timeline...
...But that's just me.

We're all adults. We can understand there being a re-telling of an old story in a new way, without there being an "in-universe" explanation for that new re-telling.

Absolutely yes! I loved Voyager and Enterprise, I enjoy watching the last two TNG films (flawed though they may be).

Star Trek is a lot of things to a lot of people but at the very end of the day Trek is a brand and it is a business. It got an amazing and outstanding run on TV and in film but it had just run its course.

Trek, the way it was being presented on TV and on the big screen just wasn't doing it for a broader audience. They needed something fresh and new but familiar. There is no way they were going to gamble Star Trek's name on a brand new set of characters it is clear that Paramount wanted something that people would recognize (TOS) but done with a fresh coat of paint. Add in some of the hottest creative people in film at the moment and you've got a winner on your hands.

As it turns out, that is what they got. I've lost count of the number of people who never even gave Trek a chance until the JJ movie and while prefer to stick to that specific incarnation many more have come to like all that came before.

It would be a bit difficult to explain why nuKhan had a completely different life after being unfrozen without a reboot. The decision to reboot was not some egregious or arbitrary one made solely to annoy maladjusted canon enthusiasts. It was necessary from both a creative and business standpoint.